Jessup - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Jessup \j(es)-sup\ is a variant of Joseph (Hebrew), and the meaning of Jessup is "Jehovah increases".

The baby name Jessup sounds like Jessop, Yusup, Josip and Josep. Other similar baby names are Jesse, Jessy, Jessie, Jessey, Jess, Jesus and Jesous.

Jessup is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#3971 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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